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Spring 2010
In this issue: Brooklyn A and the Broadway Triangle: Fighting for What's Right - Cypress Hills Goes Verde and Skadden Fellow to Join Brooklyn A

Past Newsletters

• Spring 2009
  In this issue: Brooklyn A's Foreclosure Prevention Unit Expands Legal Services During Housing Crisis - Equal Justice For All, President Obama, & "Brooklyn Planning" - A Tree (and an Affordable Green Condo) Grows in Brooklyn - Brooklyn A Celebrates 40 Years - Expanding the CED Practice in NYC

• Fall 2008
  Our Fall 2008 issue reports on work with the Bushwick Housing Independence Project to combat tenant displacement in Bushwick, Brooklyn A's work with Make the Road New York, and the Brooklyn A Annual Partnership Awards Benefit.

• Winter 2008
  Brooklyn A celebrates it's 40th year!
  Also in this issue: Brooklyn Health Center Blooms, Brooklyn A Fights Hard for Seniors, Annual Gala Report, Brooklyn A Bids Farewell to a Dear Friend and Colleague...

• Fall 2007
  Our Fall 2007 Newsletter reports on the fight against displacement of low-income tenants in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Also, Brooklyn A goes to bat for victims of predatory mortgage lending schemes and looks at the impact of new funding for legal services.

• May, 2010
  Legal Services NYC 2010 Jazz for Justice Video
  Three extraordinary stories of Legal Services NYC's work, including Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A's victory in beating back an overpayment claim on behalf of a client.

• Spring 2010
  Brooklyn A and the Broadway Triangle: Fighting for What's Right
  By Shekar Krishnan
  "THE BROADWAY TRIANGLE case marks the beginning of my education after law school. I graduated in May 2009 from the University of Michigan Law School where in some of my most memorable classes, we studied the momentous Brown v. Board of Education litigation and other civil rights cases. I could not have grasped as a law student how the discrimination I learned about in school was playing out so forcefully on the ground in Williamsburg..."

• Spring 2010
  Cypress Hills Goes Verde and Skadden Fellow to Join Brooklyn A
  By Dan Hafetz
  "CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Corporation (CHLDC), a client of Brooklyn A for over twenty-five years, is launching a brand new green initiative. Called “Cypress Verde” (Green Cypress in Spanish), CHLDC is planning a comprehensive redevelopment of the Cypress Hills neighborhood, focusing on green jobs, buildings and combating pollution..."

• September 22, 2009
  Deceased: Rick Wagner, esteemed colleague and a voice for the poor.
  Rick Wagner, a legal services lawyer, died at home, apparently of a heart attack, bringing to a sudden end a lifetime of service to the poorest New Yorkers.

• July 17, 2009 - WBIA RADIO
  New in our Audio Section: Victor Torres, Director of the Disability Advocacy Program summarizes two government programs available to individuals who get sick or become disabled:  SSI (supplemental security income) and SSD (social security and disability).

• April 23, 2009
  Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A Congratulates Make the Road New York and Groundwork, Inc. for their Recognition as Outstanding Nonprofits

• January 9, 2009
  A special tour of the North and East Brooklyn communities with Brooklyn A

• Fall 2008:
  Brooklyn A Saves Client's Home from Foreclosure Rescue Scam

• Fall 2008:
  Building by Building - Bushwick Housing Independence Project and Brooklyn A combat tenant displacement in Bushwick
  By Dan Hafetz

• Fall 2008:
  Elva McZeal Tenants Celebrate Early Completion of Renovations and Look Forward to Cooperative Ownership
  By Jaime Alonso

• Fall 2008:
  Two dynamic organizations unite to fight inequality and economic injustice - Make the Road New York
  By Emily Langdon

• November, 2008:
  Join Us For Our 40th Anniversary Partnership Awards Benefit
  THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 2007 - 6:00pm

• May 2008:
  The Brooklyn A Community and Economic Development Docket 2008 is here! Read about Brooklyn A's CED, group housing, and anti-predatory lending and foreclosure prevention work.

• November 14, 2007:
  Brooklyn A Benefit Draws 425 Guests to Celebrate Honorees and Community
  Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A held a lively, successful Annual Partnership Awards Benefit on Nov. 14, 2007, raising $325,000 for our Community and Economic Development work...

• November, 2007:
  Join Us For Our Annual Partnership Awards Benefit!
  WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 2007 - 6:00pm